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<small>Hierarchical Path: [[Main Page|Seven Years War (Main Page)]] &gt;&gt; [[Campaigns]] &gt;&gt; [[1756 - Prussian operations in Eastern Bohemia]] &gt;&gt; Detailed order of battle of the Prussian Army of Silesia in August 1756</small> ==Description== Army of Silesia under [[Schwerin, Kurt Christoph, count von|Field-Marshal Count Schwerin]] in August 1756 Summary: 20 infantry bns, 6 grenadier bns, 52 battalion guns, 20 cuirassier sqns, 10 dragoon sqns, 20 hussar sqns, 20 field pieces, 20 pontoons) For a total of 17,704 foot and 6,801 horse (excluding the supernumeraries amounting to 844 foot and 720 horse) Staff: *Commander-in-Chief: [[Schwerin, Kurt Christoph, count von|Field-Marshal Count Schwerin]] *Adjutants: P. L. von Platen, Lieutenant-General Count Schwerin, Lieutenant von der Groeben *Lieutenant-Quartermaster: Lieutenant-Colonel von Wreede *Brigadiers-Majors: Captain von Lockstedt, lieutenant-Colonel von Rothenburg *Engineers: Major Embers, Captain Griese *Field-Postmaster: Böttger *Artillery Train: Captain von Often *Field Hospital Director: Major von Henning *General-Surgeon: Schmucker *Supply: Colonel von der Often Right wing under Lieutenant-general Baron de la Motte-Fouqué *Infantry (10 infantry bns, 4 grenadier bns and 28 battalion guns for a total of 9,454 foot) **[[Kalsow Fusiliers]] (2 bns) **[[Schultze Infantry]] (2 bns) **[[Kurssell Fusiliers]] (2 bns) **[[Kreytzen Fusiliers]] (2 bns) **[[Lestwitz Infantry]] (2 bns) **[[29/31 Östenreich Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 29/31 Östenreich]] (1 bn) **[[37/40 Manteuffel Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 37/40 Manteuffel]] (1 bn) **[[38/43 Burgsdorff Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 38/43 Burgsdorff]] (1 bn) **[[G-V/G-X Rath Grenadiers|V. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Rath)]] (1 bn) *Cavalry (5 cuirassier sqns, 10 dragoon sqns, 10 hussar sqns for a total of 3,323 horse) **[[Buddenbrock Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) **[[Stechow Dragoons]] (5 sqns) **[[Blanckensee Dragoons]] (5 sqns) **[[Wartenberg Hussars]] (10 sqns with detachments at Cosel, Glatz, Neisse and Schweidnitz) Left wing under Lieutenant-General von Hautcharmoy assisted by von Schmerzing *Infantry (10 infantry bns, 2 grenadier bns and 24 battalion guns for a total of 8,250 foot) **[[Hautcharmoy Infantry]] (2 bns) **[[Tresckow Infantry]] (2 bns) **[[Fouqué Fusiliers]] (2 bns) **[[Markgraf von Brandenburg Fusiliers]] (2 bns) **[[Sers Fusiliers|Pioniere]] (2 bns) **[[G-VI/G-VIII Plötz Grenadiers|VI. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion (Plötz)]] (1 bn) **[[33/42 Nimschöfsky Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 33/42 Nimschöfsky]] (1 bn) *Cavalry (15 cuirassier sqns, 10 hussar sqns for a total of 3,478 horse) **[[Geßler Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) **[[Prinz von Schönaich-Carolath Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) **[[Baron von Kyau Cuirassiers]] (5 sqns) **[[Wechmar Hussars]] (10 sqns) Field Artillery *10 x 12-pdr guns *4 x 24-pdr guns *6 x 10-pdr howitzers N.B.: ''Lloyds also mentions [[28/32 Kreytzen Grenadiers|Grenadier Battalion 28/32 Kreytzen]]. Indeed this battalion was part of Schwerin's Army till mid-September when Schwerin sent it to reinforce the garrison of Cosel.'' ==References== Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II, ''Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen'', Part 3 ''Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763'', Vol. 1 ''Pirna und Lobositz'', Berlin, 1901, pp. 119, 192, 194, Attachment 6 Lloyd, Henry: ''Mémoires militaires et politiques du Henri Lloyd: Servant d'introduction à l'Histoire de la guerre en Allemagne en 1756, entre le Roi de Prusse et l'Impératrice Reine avec ses Alliés'', Paris: Magimel, 1801 [[Category:Campaign]] [[Category:Order of Battle]]

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